The Spirit Lake Ministry Center is a year long Mission in support to the peoples of the Spirit Lake Nation. We provide mission opportunities throughout the year for Elders, persons with disabilities, youth and children. Our summer months, June through August, are the busiest, but we provide year long opportunities for inside projects as well. These project may include interior painting, remodeling and cleaning. We will also provide an opportunity to interact with children and youth on a weekly basis. If you are looking for an exciting, hands on mission experience, let us partner with you. Blessings.

BECOME A COVENANT PARTNER

Greetings from the Spirit Lake Ministry Center. As we approach our ten-year anniversary as Dakotas Conference Missionaries and the Directors of the Spirit Lake Ministry Center, Libby and I want to thank you all for the great support you have shown us over these years. We have seen God move in amazing ways, from the very beginning with the Bath House to just this summer and the Youth Works (a Tribal program for youth) participants working with our team from Chicago. This participation involved one youth works member stating, “I want to make this place (The Ministry Center) a part of my life. The partnership with the Tribe has grown beyond expectations, and our ministry has grown beyond the Spirit Lake Nation. We now partner with six reservations in the Dakotas and Minnesota. Delivering Shoebox Christmas Gifts and in some cases new clothing. God has truly blessed us. Our first year at the Ministry Center we hosted approximately 60 volunteers and thought we were tremendously busy! This last summer we were host to over 450 volunteers. As the ministry continues to grow, so do the needs of the Ministry Center. We have seen increases in utility, insurance, and fuel costs. These increases take money away from important programs such as the Food Pantry, Clothing Closet, our Children's Day Camp program, the Community Children’s fund and the newly remodeled Arthur Hall. We also must continue to improve the facilities for our teams and our friends from the community. Updates to the sleeping cabins and kitchen facilities are needed to make our volunteers and friends more comfortable when sleeping, eating and fellowshipping. The relationships forged between our volunteers and friends are an important aspect of making disciples for Jesus Christ. We have several friends who visit on a regular basis to strike up new friendships and renew old ones. These friendships foster trust and provide us with the opportunity to share the love of Jesus Christ with all who visit. The witness of our volunteers provide a model of Christ’s love to those who don’t always see it, feel it or hear it. We need your help with our non-controllable expenses. We seek churches or individuals to become covenant partners with the Spirit Lake Ministry Center. We ask the covenant partner to pledge $100.00 per month for two years to help with the expenses of utilities, insurance, and fuel costs. We thank you for your prayerful discernment in becoming a covenant partner with the Spirit Lake Ministry Center. Blessings. Mike and Libby

SHOEBOX CHRISTMAS 2015

Shoebox Christmas was a tremendous success.A total of 6,575 gifts were delivered to six reservations in the Dakotas and Minnesota. These gift bring joy to the children and parents alike. There are far too many people that have donated gifts, funds and time to mention them all here, but please know that we appreciate your generous support and prayers. You have shared the love of Jesus Christ and made the difference the lives of many children and adults. I wish everyone of you could be there to witness the tears of joy when we deliver these small gifts of love. God Bless you all. Mike and Libby.